LH FH: Rudy named A-10 Coach of the Year, five Bald Eagles earn All-Conference Awards
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – After leading the Division I Lock Haven field hockey team to their most wins since 2015, Hall of Fame head coach Pat Rudy added another award to her growing trophy case.
In Wednesday’s Atlantic 10 (A-10) field hockey awards, Rudy was named the conference Coach of the Year, and five Bald Eagles were also honored as individuals.
Jazmin Palma (Entre Rios Providence Argentina/Colegio Sagrado Corazon de Jesus) and Martina Spangenberg (Buenos Aries, Argentina/Piaget) both notched First-Team All-Conference honors.
The trio of Kelsey Felix (Hallam, Pa./Eastern York), Brynlee Pinschenat (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) and Victoria Scheer (Haarlem, Netherlands/Kennemer Lyceum) all earned a spot on the A-10 All-Rookie team. It marks the first time since joining the conference that the Bald Eagles have had three rookies honored by the A-10.
For Rudy, it marks her first A-10 Coach of the Year award since the Bald Eagles joined the conference in 2010. In 2004, Rudy was named the Northeast Conference (NEC) Coach of the Year. 2022 was yet another landmark year for The Haven and Coach Rudy as she guided the Bald Eagles to 12 wins, the program’s most since 2015, and a perfect 9-0 record at home for the first time since 2003. Rudy sits at 634 wins in her illustrious career, which is fourth all-time in NCAA history.
The Bald Eagles are set for their third appearance in the A-10 postseason in four years. For the full preview, visit: https://www.golhu.com/news/2022/11/2/field-hockey-sets-sights-on-a-10-crown-faces-umass-on-thursday-nov-3.aspx
The A-10 awards continue to pile up for Palma who now has collected First-Team honors in each of her three seasons played with the Bald Eagles. Despite moving to central defense in 2022, Palma, the 2019 A-10 Rookie of the Year, is second on the team and sixth in the conference with eight goals. She has also added three assists for a conference eighth-best 19 points. Palma has been a clutch performer all season long and leads the conference with four game-winning goals.
Spangenberg makes her first appearance on the A-10 First-Team after notching a spot on the second team in both her freshman and sophomore seasons. An A-10 All-Rookie Team member in her freshman season, Spangenberg picked up the honors after posting a team-high and conference third-best 10 goals in 2022. The forward added three assists and sits fifth in the conference with 23 total points.
Felix’s goals against average of 1.901 ranks fourth in the A-10 and her mark of three shutouts sits in a tie for third-place. Felix started in goal in 16 games for Lock Haven and notched an 11-5 record.
Pinschenat was twice named the A-10’s Rookie of the Week during the season and posted three goals and one assist despite starting in only six games.
Scheer rounds out The Haven trio on the All-Rookie team. The left back started 10 games for The Haven and was a crucial part of the backline.
